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Italian Politics and Politics for Italians Abroad. Democratic Party Leader Bersani Meets the NY Community

Marina Melchionda

“The Democratic Party must become the party of the people, of a united people, of common people who embrace modern ideas and progress. You Italians living abroad are among our...

From Italy to New York and Back. Our First Experience with the American Giglio Feast

Tommaso Vaccarella & Tommaso Galletta

Here is the Giglio Feast as seen from the point of view of two 16-year-old Italians who just arrived in New York and found an unexpected lively Italian community in the heart of...

From Nola to Brooklyn. Dancing with the Giglio in Williamsburg

Carmen Cutugno

i-Italy met Carl Bonomo and Steve Acunto, two representatives of the Italian-American community. They told us the history and the meaning behind the Festa del Giglio in...

Backyard Figs from Brooklyn

Joey Skee

In which this blogger says nothing more profound than he really, really likes figs.

A wall, a poem, a summer epiphany.

Joey Skee

I am reminded of Eugenio Montale's haunting poem upon discovering a simple barrier wall built by an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn during the 1930s.

“O’ Giglio e Paradiso”: An Italian-American Musical Classic

Joey Skee

What the Brooklyn giglio feast and an obscure musician might tell us about Italian-American culture.

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